by screamingfrog @ Screaming Frog

Wed Apr 12 02:48:45 PDT 2017

Log Files are an incredibly powerful, yet underutilised way to gain valuable insights about how each search engine crawls your site. They allow you to see exactly what the search engines have experienced, over a period of time. Logs remove the guesswork, and the data allows you to view exactly...

by Bill Slawski @ SEO by the Sea ⚓

Wed Aug 16 16:09:25 PDT 2017

One thing most SEOs are aware of is that search results at Google are sometimes personalized for searchers; but it’s not something that I’ve seen too much written about. So when I came across a patent that is about personalizing search results, I wanted to dig in, and see if it could give us more […]

by Lucy Barret @ SEO – Search Engine Watch

Wed Aug 30 05:38:18 PDT 2017

If you're new to the business of SEO and are just figuring out how to optimize your WordPress site for search, navigating the landscape of SEO can seem like a nightmare. Here are 10 challenges to watch out for, and how you can solve them.

by Eric Enge @ Stone Temple

Mon Sep 11 00:00:38 PDT 2017

Featured snippets can rocket search results for your site to the very top of search, but how do you earn them? Is Google giving us any clues? In this episode of the popular Here’s Why digital marketing video series, Stone Temple’s Eric Enge reveals startling new research that shows how Google telegraphs in advance which... Read More >

by c0c0nuT @ SEO Career

Wed Jan 11 13:42:40 PST 2017

Starting the new year on the right foot can make all the difference, regardless of your college year. Use this checklist as a guide for your yearly goal setting. Freshmen Discover your Strengths through SEO Apply for SEO Career and begin EDGE Set goals with the help of SEO coaches Gain exposure to different business, [...]

by Sean Thomas Martin @ Directive Consulting

Fri May 26 18:12:04 PDT 2017

Demand generation is one of search marketing’s leading pain points for a reason. Ideally, search marketing is meant to build brand awareness and drive interest and sales for your unique product/service. But there...

by c0c0nuT @ SEO Career

Wed May 10 08:30:35 PDT 2017

SEO Career interns have the opportunity to learn from some of the industry’s top professionals. Learn more about our distinguished speakers below! Raymond McGuire Head, Corporate & Investment Banking, Citi Raymond McGuire is Citi’s head of global banking, based in New York. He is responsibile for managing the coverage of Global Industries and clients, and executing [...]

by redolive @ Red Olive

Mon Sep 22 08:55:31 PDT 2014

There is nothing worse than going on a date and having nothing to talk about. The awkward pauses, dead end conversations, and small talk are enough to make anyone rethink their entire relationship status. In the same way that dating can be awkward and terrible, websites can be in a terrible relationship with search engines. […]

by Kansas City SEO® @ Kansas City SEO

Wed Dec 07 05:07:50 PST 2016

CEO & Founder, Yoast “There are many pieces to solving the SEO puzzle. From search engine friendly web design and content marketing, to social media and reputation management, SEO for Growth will help you put it all together.”

by NewDelhiSEO @ SEO Chat Forums

Fri Sep 15 11:13:53 PDT 2017

Hello Folks,
Does anyone use US / UK press release distribution channels?
I am just about to try a premium package from PR newswire.
Just making sure if anyone has used any paid press release distribution network and has it delivered in terms of Business / Brand promotion or SEO benefits.
I...

by screamingfrog @ Screaming Frog

Mon Dec 12 02:38:50 PST 2016

I’m delighted to announce Screaming Frog SEO Spider version 7.0, codenamed internally as ‘Spiderman’. Since the release of rendered crawling in version 6.0, our development team have been busy working on more new and exciting features. Let’s take a look at what’s new in 7.0. 1) ‘Fetch & Render’ (Rendered...

by William Dahlstrom @ SeoTools for Excel

Sun Nov 22 16:59:16 PST 2015

We've previously touched on the subject of scraping the web in the context of fetching a very specific part from a single page. But what if you're looking to analyse a substantial part of, or an entire website?

by screamingfrog @ Screaming Frog

Tue Jul 18 02:01:45 PDT 2017

I’m excited to announce the release of Screaming Frog SEO Spider 8.0, codenamed internally as ‘All J’s must go’. Our team have been busy in development working on some exciting new features, so let’s get straight to it, and talk about what’s new in version 8.0. 1) Updated User Interface...

by Michael Martinez @ SEO Theory

Sat Jun 17 06:30:03 PDT 2017

Googler Gary Illyes declared that unless otherwise given a name by Google ALL of their search “updates” will be referred to as “Fred”. He was joking but, honestly, I like that. Some years ago I wrote a brief article titled…

by Pratik Dholakiya @ Entrepreneur: Latest SEO Articles

by Bill Slawski @ SEO by the Sea ⚓

Fri Jun 30 15:08:44 PDT 2017

I had someone who was reading my previous entries in my Learning SEO series ask about using forums to learn SEO. I promised that I would write a post about the value of forums in learning SEO. Back in 1998 I became a moderator of a couple of forums on small business and website promotion […]

by Today's Industry Insider @ The Kissmetrics Marketing Blog

Tue Aug 08 11:15:46 PDT 2017

AdWords is one of the most predictable paid media channels. By using it, you’re focusing on people who show their intent in advertising platforms. Search traffic is growing by a lot. In 2014, marketers spent $23.44 billion in the search channel. That same figure for this year is already $32.32 billion, and it’s expected to […]

by screamingfrog @ Screaming Frog

Wed May 03 01:37:22 PDT 2017

It’s time for another giveaway. This time, you can win some very cool Screaming Frog aluminium drinking bottles. You’ve probably been told you should drink more (water), so why not keep hydrated in SEOtyle? Sorry. The large capacity (770ml) and twist on lid make them perfect for water at your...

by Eric Enge @ Stone Temple

Wed Aug 02 00:00:37 PDT 2017

How much do you know about Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) and how they impact site performance and ROI? This is a question on the minds of many of website publishers and SEOs today. And because AMP is so new, there is often a lot of confusion about how to use it, and what benefit, if... Read More >

by Eric Enge @ Stone Temple

Mon May 22 00:00:30 PDT 2017

Most guides to optimizing your videos for YouTube search cover the basics of video titles, descriptions, and tags. But do you know the most powerful YouTube ranking signal of all? In this episode of our Here’s Why digital marketing video series, we explain why optimizing for just one often overlooked factor can blow up the reach of your... Read More >

by Jason Lock @ Screaming Frog

Tue Jan 31 04:28:27 PST 2017

For those of us who have been in paid search since before AdWords was on the scene, it’s easy to forget the details about when certain “features” were released, and in what form they first appeared. For those who are newer to the industry, it’s probably hard to imagine the...

Structured data can make your site more visible in the search results. By adding structured data, you tell search engines what your site is about. Search engines use that data to give you rich snippets, for instance. Learn how to add this with the Structured data training.

by Kansas City SEO® @ Kansas City SEO

Fri Nov 11 13:44:09 PST 2016

Most people are familiar with the ‘http’ appearing before most web addresses, but may not know what those letters stand for, or their significance. This can be dangerous and even costing you in the rankings if you don’t take the time to learn a bit more about what this means. What was the HTTPS Google […]

If you want your content to rank, you should write great content for your website. Fortunately, copywriting is a skill you can learn! In this SEO copywriting training, we'll help you develop your copywriting skills. You'll learn how to write copy that readers will love, and how to tweak it for search engines.

by Michael Martinez @ SEO Theory

Wed May 10 05:30:53 PDT 2017

WordPress gets a bad rap from people who complain that it’s not secure. In more than 40 years of working with computers I have never met an application or operating system that could not be hacked. I used to be an…

by Kansas City SEO® @ Kansas City SEO

Sun Oct 02 06:09:50 PDT 2016

Ensuring your webpage ranks in SERPs is much more than just optimizing a single element of the page. The Page Title Tag – or the HTML Title Element – is still considered the most important factor of on-page SEO to address on any website. When keywords are placed in the page titles, they can help […]

by Today's Industry Insider @ The Kissmetrics Marketing Blog

Wed Aug 16 08:30:06 PDT 2017

In real estate, the axiom is location, location, location. It’s first and foremost. The number one consideration. For your digital efforts – email, web pages, eCommerce platforms – an argument could be made for a few different ones: search engine optimization (SEO), the user experience (UX), conversion rate optimization (CRO), or perhaps something else entirely. […]

by John E Lincoln @ Ignite Visibility

Mon Sep 11 12:17:28 PDT 2017

If you’re looking for a new way to generate web traffic but you haven’t yet tried to optimize your content for long-tail keywords, then now’s the time. In fact, you can do your brand (and your bottom line) a lot of good by writing articles centered around detailed search terms that your competitors don’t know...

by Eric Enge @ Stone Temple

Wed Sep 13 00:00:40 PDT 2017

In today’s post, I’ll show you data from three different dates over the past year that illustrate why links remain a powerful ranking factor. I’ll also discuss in detail why Google still uses them, and why they are likely to remain a powerful ranking factor for some time to come. In July of 2016, we... Read More >

by Michael Martinez @ SEO Theory

Thu Jun 22 05:30:34 PDT 2017

I should create a “Bad SEO Advice” category and collect all the articles I have written about it through the years in one place. There are days when I am tempted to go back and “update” old articles about bad…

by c0c0nuT @ SEO Career

Mon Jul 17 13:20:33 PDT 2017

During in-person training, the SEO Career Class of 2017 learned how to make the most of their summers and all that SEO has to offer. Carla Harris, SEO Career Class of ’82, laid out her expert tips in a 10-week plan, starting with week one and following all the way through to getting the offer. [...]

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by Carissa Ng @ Top Draw

Tue Jul 25 15:18:18 PDT 2017

There has been a lot of buzz around changing Edmonton’s Google profile photo. Claiming or creating a Google My Business page is essentially the process of submitting your business location to Google, resulting in your business appearing within local search results and within Google Maps. Changing a google profile photo can be a lengthy and complex process but […]

You want to develop your own SEO strategy and be able to optimize your own website? This online Basic SEO training will teach you the fundamentals of SEO! It will give you lots of practical tips so you can immediately start to improve any website!

by Mark Traphagen @ Stone Temple

Mon Jul 31 00:00:44 PDT 2017

Many marketers assume that social media is a search ranking factor for Google, and some even believe they’ve seen proof. In this episode of our Here’s Why digital marketing video series, Stone Temple’s Mark and Eric explain why it is highly unlikely that social is a direct ranking signal, but also how social is useful... Read More >

by John E Lincoln @ Ignite Visibility

Thu Sep 14 15:26:13 PDT 2017

Want to sell on Amazon, but not sure how to stand out? Our Director of Amazon, Shawn Green, will tell you everything you need to know about Amazon SEO, and how to make sure your product is optimized for as many sales as possible. Amazon has taken the internet by storm, managing to dethrone...

by Bill Slawski @ SEO by the Sea ⚓

Mon Jun 19 13:20:46 PDT 2017

When Google crawls the Web, it extracts facts from content on the pages it finds as well as links on pages. How much information does it extract about facts on the Web? Microsoft showed off an object-based search about 10 years ago, in the paper, Object-Level Ranking: Bringing Order to Web Objects.. The team from […]

by Eric Enge @ Stone Temple

Mon Jul 10 00:00:58 PDT 2017

Did you know you could be cannibalizing the SEO effectiveness of your site’s important keywords? In this episode of our Here’s Why digital marketing video series, Art of SEO lead author and Stone Temple CEO Eric Enge helps you understand what keyword cannibalization is, how to detect it, and why it matters for your SEO.... Read More >

by Garrett Mehrguth @ Directive Consulting

Fri Jul 15 06:51:19 PDT 2016

Search engine optimization is one of the most written about topics in marketing today. Unfortunately for many marketers, the information they read leaves them excited, but unable to implement. Whether it’s because development work is needed or the topic

by Rebecca Sentance @ SEO – Search Engine Watch

Wed Aug 23 04:00:58 PDT 2017

SEO and performance marketing agency BrightEdge today released a new report which sheds light on the steadily widening gap between mobile and desktop search. I spoke to Erik Newton, VP of Customer Marketing and Head of SEO at BrightEdge, about the report’s findings, Google’s mobile-first index tests, and how SEOs can adapt their strategy.

by Wayne Cichanski @ SEO – Search Engine Watch

Fri Aug 25 06:25:42 PDT 2017

As a society, we have been conditioned with the age-old saying “Build it and they shall come”. However, does this hold true for the digital world and your website? And more specifically, what about Google?

by Philip Piletic @ Single Grain

Wed Sep 06 13:23:56 PDT 2017

Artificial intelligence development and its impact on different industries have been all the rage in the last year. The digital marketing medium is facing years of fundamental strategic changes due to revolutionary new intelligent technologies. It shouldn’t be difficult, however, as this dynamic medium has already been able to effectively adapt to new changes like […]

by Michael Martinez @ SEO Theory

Wed Aug 09 05:30:01 PDT 2017

Crawl management is integral to search engine optimization. And yet crawl management is so poorly explained by the Web marketing community that many sites mismanage crawl. What should be one of the fundamental areas of search engine optimization has been…

by R.L. Adams @ Entrepreneur: Latest SEO Articles

by Bill Slawski @ SEO by the Sea ⚓

Fri Jun 09 09:33:53 PDT 2017

In January, I wrote a post titled, Advice Given to an Aspiring 14 Year-Old Entrepreneur Wanting to Learn SEO. I included in that post links to a number of pages that I thought might be helpful to someone learning SEO. On my walk this morning past the Omni La Costa Resort, I was thinking about […]

by Ann Smarty @ SEO – Search Engine Watch

Tue Aug 29 06:07:21 PDT 2017

When choosing an ecommerce platform to power your online store, it's important to consider search engine optimization (SEO) features in your decision-making process. Let's take a look at five core features that your ecommerce platform needs to have, along with examples of platforms that offer each feature.

by Eric Enge @ Stone Temple

Mon Jun 05 00:00:24 PDT 2017

Subdomains, subfolders, or microsites: which is best for organizing the content of your website? In this episode of our Here’s Why digital marketing video series, Stone Temple’s Mark Traphagen asks Eric Enge to cover the pros and cons of each, especially from an SEO perspective. Don’t miss a single episode of Here’s Why with Mark & Eric.... Read More >

by Eric Enge @ Stone Temple

Mon Aug 14 00:00:30 PDT 2017

Google gets more complex and sophisticated with each passing year, and yet many still want to believe that there are “magic bullet” hacks or tricks that are simple ways to get higher search rankings. In this episode of our Here’s Why digital marketing video series, Stone Temple’s Eric Enge tells you why! Don’t miss a... Read More >

by Dan Blacharski @ Entrepreneur: Latest SEO Articles

by Eric Enge @ Stone Temple

Wed Jun 21 00:00:47 PDT 2017

In the world of SEO, there is some confusion about what we mean when we use the term “semantic search.” This confusion is not surprising—many mistake the phrase semantic search with the concept of structured data (semantic language markup), but this is not the same thing. Others understand the term solely as it applies to... Read More >

by Adam Riemer @ Oberlo

Wed Aug 30 00:57:15 PDT 2017

As a dropshipping store owner, one thing you need to know before building your website is how to use search engine optimization (SEO) for your business. Dropshipping sites have a unique set of SEO obstacles to overcome as opposed to stores who stock their own inventory, so it’s important that […]

by Bill Slawski @ SEO by the Sea ⚓

Fri Sep 01 13:37:59 PDT 2017

In October of 2015, a new algorithm was announced by members of the Google Brain team, described in this post from Search Engine Land – Meet RankBrain: The Artificial Intelligence That’s Now Processing Google Search Results One of the Google Brain team members who gave Bloomberg News a long interview on Rankbrain, Gregory S. Corrado […]

by speedylikes @ SEO Chat Forums

Mon Sep 11 07:27:51 PDT 2017

Hi there,
Recently started trying to improve the ranking of my online store, however I have no experience with the SEO of ecommerce sites. When I begin my link building campaign, would you guys recommend building links to just the home page, across the key pages or to as many pages as possible?...

by screamingfrog @ Screaming Frog

Wed Apr 05 02:53:19 PDT 2017

From time to time, we’ve struggled to get access to Google Search Console quickly from a client to perform a fetch and render. Or, we’ve just wanted to perform a fetch and render on a third party site that isn’t verified to us, to understand how it renders, or test...

by Eric Enge @ Stone Temple

Mon Jun 26 00:00:02 PDT 2017

Metadata is easy to ignore, but it actually can help your pages get more clicks. In this episode of our Here’s Why digital marketing video series, Art of SEO lead author Eric Enge helps you understand metadata and why it matters for your SEO. Don’t miss a single episode of Here’s Why with Mark &... Read More >

by Jessie Moore @ SEO – Search Engine Watch

Mon Sep 04 04:50:35 PDT 2017

When it comes to voice search, featured snippets are key. If a searcher is using voice search and expecting a verbal reply, they will not be presented with a choice of results - and where a featured snippet is present, this will be the result read out. So how can you optimize your featured snippets for voice search?

by Kansas City SEO® @ Kansas City SEO

Sat Dec 03 06:25:39 PST 2016

There is only one constant with Google – it is constantly changing. Any website that wants to continue seeing results for their website needs to implement all these changes – and quickly – to avoid serious penalties from Google. Guest blogging has been a controversial topic in the past – some claiming that it was […]

by Andrew Choco @ Directive Consulting

Tue Jul 26 15:20:10 PDT 2016

You’re reading this because you’re interested in hiring a top SEO agency that can exceed your company’s marketing KPI’s. Look no further, we’ve outlined practical tips and actionable insights for selecting the right search engine.

by Kansas City SEO® @ Kansas City SEO

Thu Dec 08 04:42:23 PST 2016

CEO & Co-founder, HubSpot “…Phil hit the nail on the head. The way people shop and buy has fundamentally changed, an inbound strategy is now a necessity for getting found online and growing your business.”

by John E Lincoln @ Ignite Visibility

Fri Sep 08 09:44:10 PDT 2017

This week: You can now edit local business info in search results, Instagram is testing canvas ads, and wait until you hear about how many of the top results don’t get clicks. Here’s what happened this week in digital marketing. DemandJump Cloud Tool Shows Where Your Traffic Came From A new DemandJump tool, just...

by pacman000 @ SEO Chat Forums

Fri Sep 15 05:18:54 PDT 2017

https://www.7search.com/
I know nearly nothing about them; I've just seen their name listed with other old search engines on websites. I didn't even know they were still around till today. Closed July 31.

by Bill Slawski @ SEO by the Sea ⚓

Tue Jun 13 14:41:53 PDT 2017

There are a few books and courses online that are free and really helpful when it comes to learning some of the things that will make you a better SEO. Knowledge can make a difference, and having an idea of how search engines work can possibly give you a competitive advantage over others who haven’t […]

Search engine optimization (SEO) is an area of website development that seeks to improve the way content is ranked by search engines. Various approaches are taken to achieve that goal, including making sure the website architecture makes it easy for visitors to find content and that pages are mobile-friendly and load quickly.

by Jessie Moore @ SEO – Search Engine Watch

Mon Sep 11 04:39:56 PDT 2017

Virtual reality (VR) has been the talk of the town for a little while now and its marketing potential is getting difficult to ignore. But despite the clear benefits of VR, businesses are still hesitant about diving in. Can VR content be found using search engines? Is it even possible to optimize virtual reality content for search? We take a look at how to do VR SEO.

by John Lehmberg @ Make It Loud Web Design

Fri May 05 12:55:53 PDT 2017

May 5, 2017 Website Search Engine Optimization for Google Free Professional Website Analysis Bond. James Bond. It’s that kind of cool. Have you ever wanted to spy on your own website? Just to see where users are clicking on your site. Well now you can. Do you know where people spend the most time on […]

by Eric Enge @ Stone Temple

Wed May 24 00:00:11 PDT 2017

Research reveals new insights into how featured snippets work This new study documents a never before made connection between featured snippets and regular snippets in the search results, as well as a new way to recognize when your site is competing for a featured snippet. I’m also going to detail an advanced process for obtaining featured snippets.... Read More >

by Carissa Ng @ Top Draw

Thu Aug 17 13:47:08 PDT 2017

We’re sticklers for good stats, so here are some handpicked numbers from our Google Partner Event this week: Decreasing Store Traffic In-store traffic is decreasing. However, when shoppers do go in-store, they’re spending more. 25% of consumers who clicked on a retailer’s Google Search ad before visiting the store are over 25% more likely to […]

Search engine optimization is nowadays more important than ever and it is necessary for every webmaster to understand the true meaning of SEO as well as the potential it creates for every business. What is SEO? Search engine optimization or SEO in short, is a set of rules that can be followed by website (or blog) owners to optimize their websites for search engines and thus improve their search engine rankings. In addition, it is a great way to increase the quality of their web sites by making them user- friendly, faster and easier to navigate. SEO can also be

An SEO expert plays a vital role in helping companies build their businesses and attract new customers through web traffic. Learn the fundamentals of SEO, and discover how to analyze and optimize your site, and create an effective strategy for your SEO efforts.

by screamingfrog @ Screaming Frog

Wed Sep 07 01:57:01 PDT 2016

There’s plenty of reasons you may wish to audit backlinks to a website, whether it’s to check the links are still live and passing link value, they’ve been removed or nofollowed after a link clean up, or you want to get more data on the links which Google Search Console...

by Kansas City SEO® @ Kansas City SEO

Sun Jul 30 15:21:22 PDT 2017

If you’re a digital marketer, you know it can be a challenge sometimes to convince business owners that a web-centric marketing strategy is the only way forward. Believe it or not, many businesses are still “dipping their toes” in digital. Their strategy is to randomly try tactics- which is no strategy at all. We talk […]

by Kansas City SEO® @ Kansas City SEO

Mon May 15 02:00:17 PDT 2017

I was recently interview by Ali Salman of Xoomly on the “Escape 9 to 5” Podcast. This is the transcript of the interview: ************** Good morning Growth Nation! Thank you so much for tuning in today. I’m your host Ali Salman. Ditch your “dollars for hours” mindset, leave your corporate job, screw the morning commute […]

by Carissa Ng @ Top Draw

Fri Sep 08 09:17:05 PDT 2017

We’re thrilled to be awarded as a leading PPC management company in Canada by Clutch. We love all things PPC but that’s not all we do! From helping you develop your brand to fit your vision, to corporate and digital strategy along with user experience research and testing – our diverse team is here to […]

by Eric Enge @ Stone Temple

Wed Jul 19 00:00:51 PDT 2017

Count on it: Google is going to optimize for the best combination of user experience/satisfaction (market share) and revenue on each of its platforms. What users expect on YouTube vs. Google Search is different. Stating that a bit more subtly, think of this as optimizing their ongoing revenue over time. With that in mind,... Read More >

by Robert Morris @ Single Grain

Thu Aug 31 08:00:42 PDT 2017

You should always, always, always write content for people instead of writing it for Google. Luckily for you, Google works in a way that heavily favors content that is written for human beings. If that were not the case, then webmasters wouldn’t be able to write things such as “always, always, always” because Google would […]

Search Engine Optimization Customers are searching for what you offer. Get in front of them with Edmonton SEO services. Let Top Draw convert a greater volume of your traffic into greater volumes of sales and leads. Together, we can maximize your online exposure by optimizing your site’s performance to help you dominate the search engines. …

Comprehensive, quality SEO creates a better user experience. With a focus on relevance, technical efficiency, and searcher behavior, you can help search engines deliver the right result, at the right time, to the right user.When this is achieved, amazing things happen to the customer journey and the growth of your business.

by c0c0nuT @ SEO Career

Wed Jun 21 11:40:50 PDT 2017

SEO had the great privilege of being featured in Forbes #SocialImpact Voice campaign, which celebrates organizations committed to strengthening our communities, our nation, and the world over the next 100 years. Take a look at this article on the importance of developing a diverse workforce, and the positive impact diverse teams have on Corporate America. [...]

by Selena Templeton @ Single Grain

Wed Sep 13 09:00:47 PDT 2017

By now, it’s no secret that mobile advertising is taking over with estimated advertising revenue reaching nearly $76 billion this year. In fact, mobile search ad revenue is expected to outpace desktop as soon as 2019 and mobile display ads may already have surpassed their desktop counterparts this year. And that makes sense because while […]

by Andrew Choco @ Directive Consulting

Wed Jun 29 08:44:12 PDT 2016

With the rise of social media in today's society (According to a 2015 Pew Research Study, 65% of Americans currently use social media), having at least a basic knowledge of how to use it for marketing is crucial for improving your digital marketing footprint.

by Bill Slawski @ SEO by the Sea ⚓

Thu May 25 10:04:44 PDT 2017

If you’ve done any SEO for a site, you may recognize some of the steps involved in working towards making a website authoritative: Conduct keyword research to find appropriate terms and phrases for your industry and audience Review the use of keywords on the pages of your site to make sure it includes those in […]

by Michael Martinez @ SEO Theory

Fri Jul 07 05:30:10 PDT 2017

What makes an SEO technique “advanced”? That’s a question I ask myself every year. A lot of the “advanced” methods I first shared ten years ago, while still relevant today (because good SEO doesn’t change), are so widely used now…

by John Dietrich @ Stone Temple

Thu Sep 07 00:00:29 PDT 2017

Whether you’re running a global operation or expanding to offer an additional language on your website, proper use of the hreflang tag is a must. From an SEO perspective, getting this right can mean the difference between ranking well with your target audience and not ranking well. Hreflang tells search engines where various language-specific versions... Read More >

by Michael Martinez @ SEO Theory

Tue Feb 14 05:30:36 PST 2017

People have been chasing search engine algorithms since the 1990s. They won’t stop even though the algorithms are more elusive now than ever before. Nonetheless, Web marketers should approach all unofficial announcements and analyses of search algorithm updates and effects…

by Kansas City SEO® @ Kansas City SEO

Fri Oct 14 14:05:08 PDT 2016

When it comes to search engine optimization (SEO) there are a number of questions that business owner ask. One that comes up quite a bit is how much the age of a domain really matters. And by “domain” we mean the website address or URL of your website. In other words, if you can buy […]

by John Lehmberg @ Make It Loud Web Design

Mon May 15 06:54:52 PDT 2017

May 15, 2017 Affordable Digital Marketing Services For Small and Large Companies SEO Marketing Services in United States Georgia When it comes to business, we all need to think of strategies to get more business through the front door. Considering some companies have a bricks and mortars front door, some have only a website as […]

by Kansas City SEO® @ Kansas City SEO

Sat Oct 22 16:16:01 PDT 2016

Chances are you have landed on one of those websites before – you know the type, with tons of ads up top, or a huge slider with eye-catching, yet somewhat distracting images, that cause slow loading times making it difficult or nearly impossible to find the information you are looking for. If you really think […]

by Michael Martinez @ SEO Theory

Tue May 02 05:30:34 PDT 2017

Every day across the world and the Web thousands of search engine optimization professionals give employees, employers, co-workers, clients, and other SEOs their opinions on a variety of topics. The constant flow of opinion is healthy for the industry. If…

by Michael Martinez @ SEO Theory

Tue May 23 05:30:13 PDT 2017

It’s hard to write an article like this without talking about the need for SEO industry standards or pointing out the immense competition among SEO consultants, agencies, tool providers, and (e)book authors for your business dollars. So I will begin…

by meursault2410 @ SEO Chat Forums

Thu Sep 14 04:04:03 PDT 2017

Hi
Does anybody understand how you get the small blue links (similar to AdWords sitelinks) for an organic result?
I'm not referring to the sitelinks you may get for a branded organic search.
ie https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/47334?hl=en
I just Googled a commercial keyword...

by Kansas City SEO® @ Kansas City SEO

Mon Jan 09 11:18:12 PST 2017

There are a number of catch phrases and old sayings that apply to SEO. Some are appropriate and others are not. For example, the saying ‘the devil’s in the details’ definitely applies to SEO. However, ‘set it and forget it’ definitely does not – and will never – apply to SEO. In order to achieve […]

by Victor Sandberg @ SeoTools for Excel

Sat Oct 15 10:06:18 PDT 2016

Whether its basketball, pubic speaking, or SEO, mastering the fundamentals is key. Sure, you may be able to alter a data set manually or copy a strange looking formula, but if you want to be prepared for the challenges of tomorrow, this article will get you a long way.

by Clark Boyd @ SEO – Search Engine Watch

Tue Sep 05 06:18:17 PDT 2017

Google Search Console has benefited from some significant upgrades over the past decade. That said, it is still far from perfect and few would argue that it provides a complete package in its current guise. Therefore, Google's recent announcement of some changes to the platform was very warmly received by the SEO community.

by Lauren Fox @ Brafton

Wed Sep 06 03:00:00 PDT 2017

Sometimes we get so wrapped up in meeting deadlines, posting content, researching and brainstorming new ideas, applying keyword research techniques and analyzing data that comes in on our website’s performance... Read more »

by Bill Slawski @ SEO by the Sea ⚓

Thu Sep 14 09:00:03 PDT 2017

I remember my father building some innovative plastics blow molding machines where he added a central processing control device to the machines so that all adjustable controls could be changed from one place. He would have loved seeing what is going on at Google these days, and the hardware that they are working on developing, […]

by Simon Ensor @ SEO – Search Engine Watch

Thu Sep 07 05:49:28 PDT 2017

Speak to pretty much anyone about SEO and the rhetoric will largely be in regards to the "Big G". But there are countries in the world where Google is not king, and one of them is China. If you want to optimize for the second-largest economy in the world, here's what you need to know about Baidu, China's primary search engine.